I heard that Princess Yuanhua was sick recently, so Xie Lan went to the palace to visit her sister.

Princess Xie Zerong of Yuanhua is fifteen years old, still childish, very quiet and well-behaved; But because he was still sick, he looked thin and pale and weak.

Xie Lan looked at her sister like this, and was very distressed: "Zerong, you usually eat more; Look at the third sister Xinfang, she is younger than you, and she is still taller than you. ”

"Second Emperor Brother, it's all my fault, I always make you worry." Xie Zerong pursed his lips, as if he was a little aggrieved.

"You are taking care of your illness, you must drink the medicine obediently, I brought you your favorite rose preserves." Xie Lan coaxed her.

"Then wait for Zerong's illness to be cured, and the second emperor brother can bring a piece of rosenpower fruit from the century-old cake family on East Street to Zerong, okay?" Xie Zerong looked at Xie Lan aggrievedly, as if as long as Xie Lan didn't agree, she would cry immediately.

Xie Lan was very helpless about his sister's behavior, and couldn't help laughing: "Naturally, you can." If you're well, I'll bring you a piece of nectar every day. ”

Xie Zerong immediately smiled when he heard this; Although she knew that it was impossible for Xie Lan to enter the palace every day, as long as the second emperor brother promised her like this, she was very happy.

It was also rare for the brother and sister to meet, so they chatted happily for a while, but when they were talking well, Xie Zerong suddenly burst into tears, making Xie Lan very helpless and didn't know what was going on: "Zerong, what's wrong?" It's so good, why do you cry. You're sick right now. ”

Xie Zerong wiped his tears indiscriminately: "The second emperor brother is too good to me, which makes me feel very guilty." ”

This made Xie Lan very confused, and he didn't understand what it meant: "What kind of guilt is not guilty, aren't you sick and confused and talking nonsense!" Isn't it natural for a brother to be nice to his sister? ”

"Second Emperor Brother, if there is no tolerance in this world, Second Emperor Brother will definitely be very happy." Xie Zerong whimpered as he said, "They all say that Zerong is an ominous person from Ke Kemu. If it weren't for Ze Rong, the queen mother would not have died so early, and the second emperor brother would not have lost his mother at a young age. ”

In fact, about the ominous person who said that Princess Yuanhua was a dead mother, Xie Lan had heard some people talk about it behind her back, but Xie Lan reprimanded them fiercely; It's just that he didn't expect that someone would dare to say it in front of Xie Zerong, which naturally made Xie Lan very angry: "Who said this?" ”

Xie Zerong sobbed quietly: "That's what they all said. ”

Xie Lan sighed helplessly, so she had to comfort her sister first: "Zerong, don't think like this, it's not your fault." Queen Mother, she really loves you; Before she died, the queen mother took my hand and said, I must protect you well, let you grow up happily, and marry a wishful husband. No matter what others say about you, you don't have to pay attention; In my heart, you are the best sister. ”

"Second Emperor Brother is really not strange?" Xie Zerong asked with big watery eyes.

"Nature." Xie Lan smiled reluctantly.

When he came out of Xie Zerong's palace, Xie Lan was very worried. The palace has always been strictly ruled, and who dares to gossip about the princess behind her back; It's just that some people saw that Princess Yuanhua lost her mother since she was a child and was not loved by her father, and the palace people below naturally didn't take the princess seriously.

The queen mother asked him to take good care of his sister, and now he should really make a good calculation.

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In the previous dynasty Hanyuan Palace, Prime Minister Xia Duan hurriedly entered the palace to see His Majesty.

Although Emperor Chengji is only in the age of not being confused, he looks like he is at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he has seen white spots on his sideburns; Xia Dan's figure was also a little rickety, and when he entered the hall, he bowed: "Minister Xia Dan greets Your Majesty." ”

"Xia Qing, I heard that you were assassinated outside the city some time ago; Is it sick? The Emperor raised his hand and motioned for Xia Dan to get up, and asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the ministers have been blessed by Your Majesty, and they are fortunate to be safe; It's just that the minister boldly speculated that the assassin might have come from Yong'an. Xia Duan cautiously glanced up at the emperor's face, and then hurriedly lowered his head and continued, "A few days ago, the minister caught a sneaky person outside the city, and the moves he used were almost similar to those of the assassins. After being severely tortured by the ministers, he confided that he was a post man under the lord of the Yong'an Secret Guard. ”

The emperor lightly knocked on the imperial case and snorted coldly: "Yong'an Secret Guard West Master? Song confused? ”

Xia Dan's cold sweat seeped: "It should be, it is this person." ”

"Among the four divisions of the Yong'an secret guard in the past, Song Yu was the most old and stubborn; I really didn't expect that it was he who came out first. The Emperor sneered and asked with interest, "What else did that man say?" Ever since the Eternal Guards disappeared overnight twenty years ago, I thought they were going to hide for the rest of their lives. ”

"Your Majesty, according to that person's words, now the Yong'an secret guard has long been the same root and disagrees, and the West Division and the North Division left Yong'an twenty years ago to take root and develop outside. Your Majesty can take this opportunity to break the Yong'an secret guards one by one, and never suffer in the future. Charton came up with an idea.

The emperor looked at Xia Jing expressionlessly, and said coldly for a long time: "Xia Qing should know that I don't want to move the Yong'an secret guard." I believe that in no more than thirty years, the Eternal Guard will be completely out of the woods. ”

Xia Dan did not give up, and tried to persuade the emperor to listen to his advice: "Your Majesty is benevolent, so you are so tolerant of them, but they may not receive Your Majesty's kindness. Now that Song Fu can let his disciples and grandchildren come to the royal capital, his intentions are already unpredictable; And what they can do tomorrow, who knows! ”

The Emperor still shook his head; In the past, he might have considered a thing or two about other things, but only for the matter of Yong'an's secret guard, the emperor's attitude was extremely resolute, and there was no room for maneuver.

Seeing this, Xia Dan had no choice but to retire.

When he came out of Hanyuan Palace, he saw a richly dressed woman in palace clothes coming over with a palace person, and the woman's beautiful face was hidden by the light veil covering her face, so she knew that it was Mrs. Chu who favored the harem; Because the harem and the previous dynasty were not allowed to contact casually, Xia Dian retreated to a distant place to wait, and did not leave until Mrs. Chu passed.

The palace people around Mrs. Chu were all waiting outside the palace, only Mrs. Chu took the food basket from the palace people and entered the hall, took out the porcelain cup from the food basket and presented it to the royal case: "Your Majesty, this is the snowflake soup I made." ”

The emperor took it and took a sip, then turned back to Mrs. Chu and smiled: "Xiaoqing, thank you for your hard work." ”

Chu Qing is the name of Mrs. Chu's boudoir, hearing the emperor call her like this, Mrs. Chu bent her eyebrows, and her smart eyes rippled with Qingbo: "Your Majesty likes it, and I also feel happy, and I don't feel hard." ”

"It is the greatest blessing of my life to meet you." The emperor smiled and shook Chu Qing's hand, very satisfied.